Straight from the Library: Straight Reading from the Library

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READ THE BLURB

Forget what you think you know. How well do you really know your neighbors or fellow workers? Do you trust your boss? What about politicians? The fabric of our society is under attack. Our way of life, our livelihood, our very existence is under full assault. No one even realizes that it’s happening. Disguised as horrible natural disasters on the news, the world is caught unsuspecting as events draw us ever nearer to extinction. As “natural disasters” escalate and tensions between nations mount, one man hears a whisper. It has begun . . .

READ THE REVIEW

Camouflaged Encounters is the third book in David Englund's Clark Jackson series-- we reviewed book two in the series here.

This time we find Clark mostly here on earth-- and he has discovered that aliens are not only to be found by going through the portal, but are here among us and have been--perhaps for a while. And, when strange things begin happening on earth, we find that these aliens are not with us for a friendly visit.

Mr. Englund takes a "Men In Black" situation and makes it feel real by interspersing what's going on with Clark and the others who have become aware of the situation with news reports that sound very much like the real deal. I could so see this as a movie!

And...there's another book in the future with more of Clark's experience. Thanks, Mr. Englund!

rating: 4 stars

READ AN EXCERPT

Clark gasped and dropped his fork. There they were in downtown Des Moines! Four aliens, large as life, were walking around disguised as humans. The phone device allowed him to see two images in the spot where each alien existed. The human image appeared as his eyes saw them. The alien image had a fuzzy, faded hologram-like appearance to it.

He could see the red tinted skin with black spots on their bodies. Their heads were long like a horse’s head with narrow yellow eyes on either side. They were roughly three-feet taller than their human disguises. Their knees bent outward as they walked. Each alien wore a black skin- tight uniform. The most alarming features were the four arms each alien sported. In each case, the two unseen hands carried various gadgets that they fidgeted with as they walked.

The human disguises appeared as smiling, happy people while the Ascanti images each revealed scowling angry aliens seemingly trapped in an unpleasant form. These creatures would have won casting rolls in any Hollywood horror film.

I can’t believe this. This can’t be happening. Everything Rick said is true. Aliens walk among us. They look so natural in their disguises. They fit in perfectly within our society. Look at them just walking up the street. That one across the street is delivering a UPS package. That one over there is carrying shopping bags, like she’s just some average housewife out on errands. This one over here is crossing the street, as if it’s perfectly okay for aliens to cross the street in Des Moines!

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